The Founders of our United States did not believe in Democracy, they believed in a Republic, which in its latin derived meaning means Rule of Law.
Although we have democratic elections, we are not ruled by Democracy, but governed under a Republic.
An analogy I give to children and low information adults is:
“Democracy is where two Wolves and a Chicken decide on what’s for dinner”.
“In America, the Chicken has a gun”.
The Republic is based on a constitution. The constitution is a bother to the current ruling coalition.
It doesn’t matter about the fine points if the major points no longer matter.
To lecture on the difference between democracy and republic is to fiddle while Rome burns